From the
very first spin of the disc (yeah it's vinyl) it seems rather obvious
that Jim Jones and his Revue have slightly slipped out of the Jerry
Lee Lewis groove that they have so successfully mined to draw
attention to their talents, and are now intent on beginning stage two
of their world domination plan in a rather spectacular fashion.
Never
fear though, as there's no dropping of the boogie woogie, and the
piano driven rock and roll is still resplendent in it's domination of
the sound, but on this outing there's a more balls to the wall
expansion to the material that's pushing at the boundaries of what
has come before.
They're
no less rockin' nor rollin', but it's easy to imagine that this small
change in direction will neatly provide them with a bridge that will
allow them to cross from club stages to much larger ones with
relative ease.
If on the
last few releases they were making music that would blister the paint
on the walls then this is the album that will shake the
earth......hard.
Even when
the band take it down and stretch out with a less than hurricane
force track there's still a great deal of power tightly wound into
the delivery.
There's a
earthy and primal feel to pretty much everything that these guys do.
It' also
seems to me that Jim Jones is now intent on flavouring his present
with his past with some leanings towards the sonic assaults that were
The Hypnotics and Black Moses on this album.
Not that
this is something that is detrimental to what the band are doing now
as from what is on offer here I could argue that he has a keen ear
for what will work within the framework of what they are doing.
It's only
the good stuff that's being incorporated .
I doubt
many would disagree that with each album the Jim Jones Revue
incrementally get better and better, and right now there's no sign of
the progress slowing never mind halting.
For those
who maybe did consider them to be a one trick pony then there's
ample proof on The Savage Heart that they're not.
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